Key-perspectives: religion and the mystic; islam and sufism; future possibilities. Religion and the Mystic We are now brought to an important and problematic subject: the relation between the mystic and the traditional religion, and in our case, between Sufism and traditional Islam.  Let us first examine the more general problem before coming to the specific…

Key Perspectives: Inner Roots; Three Facets of Sufism; Pearl of Sufi Poetry; Inner Path and Discipline. Looking from a spiritual perspective, the greatest contribution of Islamic civilization and culture, the most beautiful and fragrant flower in the garden of Islam is perhaps Sufism.  In Sufism, the Islamic religion raises beyond the rigidities of dogmatism and…

Beyond the Religious  Synthesis In our previous article we have briefly outlined the Islamic synthesis.  However, the synthesis of the religious and secular life achieved in Islam was a practical synthesis helpful for the progress of soul who is at the initial stages of evolution but it is not a spiritual synthesis. Every human being…

The Ministry of the Mohammad And the Islamic Synthesis: If Koran was the divine origin of Islam, the Prophet was its living human source.  Since Koran was revealed to the Prophet, we can say for all practical purposes, that Islam and its achievement on earth are the result of the inspiration and leadership provided by…

The aspiration of the deeper soul or the spiritual dimension of a civilization manifests outwardly through its Religion.  In general, this deeper aspiration of the soul of a civilization manifests more markedly in that part or faculties of its consciousness, which are more developed or refined than others.  For example, if the intellectual or aesthetic…

The intellectual achievements alone, however great they may be, do not make a great civilization and culture.  A wide intellectual curiosity, as displayed in the medieval Islamic civilizations, is undoubtedly one of the hallmarks of an accomplished culture.  But intellect is only one aspect of culture.  A civilization may be great in science and technology…

Key perspectives: islamic intellect; range and scope; Al-Ghazal’s Synthesis; integral view; arabic science; physics and chemistry; history and anthropology; contributions to Modern Science; genius of the arabic intellect. Philosophy and Science are the expressions of the thinking mind of the civilization and give an indication of its intellectual temperament and genius.  This article and the…

Key perspectives: religion as a human system; need for a balanced approach “We shall make it a main part of our work to place Mohammed and Islam in a new light before our readers, to spread juster views of Mohammedan history and civilization.” -Sri Aurobindo One of the great harms done by the present spectacle…